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Chinatown, economic adaptation and ethnic identity of the Chinese / by Bernard P. Wong.
- Title
- Chinatown, economic adaptation and ethnic identity of the Chinese / by Bernard P. Wong.
- Author
- Wong, Bernard P.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1982.
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- Description
- xiv, 110 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This case study analyzes the structural adaptations that Chinese American communities in general, and the New York Chinatown in particular, have made to survive in American society."--Foreword
- Series Statement
- Case studies in cultural anthropology
- Uniform Title
- Case studies in cultural anthropology
- Subject
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Chinese Americans > Social conditions
- Chinese Americans > Economic conditions
- Chinese Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions
- Chinese Americans > New York (State) > New York > Economic conditions
- New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions
- New York (N.Y.) > Economic conditions
- Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions
- Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) > Economic conditions
- New York (City). Chinese Social conditions
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 109-110.
- Contents
- From China to America -- Social structure of Chinatown -- What kinds of people are there in Chinatown? -- Making a living -- The Chinese family in the United States -- Ethnic identity of Chinese Americans -- Forces of cultural continuity and culture change -- Conclusion: the future of Chinatown.
- ISBN
- 0030589061
- LCCN
- ^^^81020015^//r96
- OCLC
- 7976983
- SCSB-13775526
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library